The United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA) announced the 2022 Board of Directors, five of whom will serve as the Executive Committee, at the Annual Conference & Marketplace from December 7 – 10, 2021 at Omni Orlando Resort at the …

The U.S. Travel Association and Tourism Diversity Matters announce a new strategic partnership that will strengthen the association’s focus and support of the industry on issues related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and provide greater access to Tourism Diversity …

Planny Drive releases B2B2C solution for destination marketing and travel businesses. Its game-changer white label road trip planner.

U.S. Travel Association Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Policy Tori Emerson Barnes issued the following statement on the November jobs report, which saw the Leisure & Hospitality sector add just 23,000 jobs while nearly 8% of all of …

WTTC calls for borders to remain open and safe travel to continue

Julia Simpson, WTTC President & CEO, said: “WTTC supports the World Health Organization (WHO) position in calling for borders to remain open and safe travel to continue.

“Closing borders will not prevent the spread of new variants. The latest variant is increasingly being detected in countries around the world. The way to keep safe is to focus on the vaccination status of individual travellers rather than placing whole countries onto red lists.

“Rather than stigmatising countries such as South Africa, which rely heavily on a strong Travel & Tourism, we should be applauding them for identifying this new variant so quickly.

“Until we fully understand this new variant we must focus on prioritising the world distribution of vaccines while adopting sensible measures such as wearing masks’

Julia Simpson, WTTC President & CEO, said that WTTC supports the World Health Organization (WHO) position in calling for borders to remain open and safe travel to continue.

The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) re-elects  Zurab Pololikashvili the role of general secretary of the organization.

U.S. Travel Association Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Policy Tori Emerson Barnes issued the following statement on the Biden administration’s announcement that it would tighten the pre-departure testing window for entry to the U.S. from three days for …

Zane Kerby, President and CEO of the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) issues the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s updated travel rules announced today: “While we are pleased to see that the Administration will not be …

Zane Kerby, President & CEO of the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA), issues the following statement in response to a cascading series of government restrictions on travel related to the COVID-19 Omicron variant, which is inflicting additional economic damage …